Mikal Gilmore
Auteur de Un long silence
A propos de l'auteur
Mikal Gilmore was born on February 9, 1951 in Portland, Ore, and attended Portland State University. He chronicles his life's history in Shot in the Heart, which also tells the story of his brother, Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer whose execution by firing squad in 1979 drew national attention. afficher plus (It was the subject of Norman Mailer's book The Executioner's Song, which was later adapted as a film.) Gilmore is known professionally as a writer for Rolling Stone magazine for more than 20 years. His book, Night Beat: Collected Writings on Rock & Roll Culture and other Disruptions, contains fascinating descriptions of the people and places in the rock music industry that he has seen. This book draws together two decades of criticism, interviews, reviews, and personal views of the living history of rock music. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Mikal Gilmore
Night Beat: Shadow History of Rock and Roll 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Rolling Stone Book of the Beats: The Beat Generation and American Culture (1999) — Contributeur — 167 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1951-02-09
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Professions
- writer (for Rolling Stone Magazine)
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Critiques
The Queen: Aretha Franklin par Mikal Gilmore
This book was very informative and straightforward, but I am uncertain that I really found myself loving it. It did fill in a lot of things I did not know, and was very curious to end up researching a bit more of the background of.
This is a CD I bought at Amoeba records. The front is a photo of the young boys; the back is a song listing, underneath the following words:
"This is a sampling of the music that has played in my head over the years in relation to my memory of my family and my experience of its history." --Mikal Gilmore
(inside he writes, "...I was different from them...I would escape. I now know better. To believe that the worst of our rot had died with him that morning in Draper, Utah, was to miss the real nature of the legacy that had placed him before those rifles.")
Gloria........Patti Smith
Drive Back.......Neil Young
Folsom Prison Blues......Johnny Cash
Ode to Billy Joe.......Bobby Gentry
Old Shep.......Elvis Presley
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go.......Bob Dylan
Kill Your Sons......Lou Reed
A Howlin' Wind......Graham Parker
A Family Affair.......Sly and Family Stone
One Way Out......The Allman Brothers
Valley of Tears......Fats Domino
Feel Like Going Home.......Charlie Rich
Gary Gilmore's Eyes......The Adverts
I Can't Help Wondering......Kitty Wells
Blue Moon Revisited......The Cowboy Junkies
I Won't Back Down.......Johnny Cash
I Wonder if I Care as Much......The Everly Brothers
My Father's House......Bruce Springsteen… (plus d'informations)
"This is a sampling of the music that has played in my head over the years in relation to my memory of my family and my experience of its history." --Mikal Gilmore
(inside he writes, "...I was different from them...I would escape. I now know better. To believe that the worst of our rot had died with him that morning in Draper, Utah, was to miss the real nature of the legacy that had placed him before those rifles.")
Gloria........Patti Smith
Drive Back.......Neil Young
Folsom Prison Blues......Johnny Cash
Ode to Billy Joe.......Bobby Gentry
Old Shep.......Elvis Presley
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go.......Bob Dylan
Kill Your Sons......Lou Reed
A Howlin' Wind......Graham Parker
A Family Affair.......Sly and Family Stone
One Way Out......The Allman Brothers
Valley of Tears......Fats Domino
Feel Like Going Home.......Charlie Rich
Gary Gilmore's Eyes......The Adverts
I Can't Help Wondering......Kitty Wells
Blue Moon Revisited......The Cowboy Junkies
I Won't Back Down.......Johnny Cash
I Wonder if I Care as Much......The Everly Brothers
My Father's House......Bruce Springsteen… (plus d'informations)
3.5/5*
Why not try a free Audible original about Aretha Franklin? That was my thought and I'm glad I did try it, though it wasn't exactly what I expected.
I was a Rolling Stone subscriber for decades, (until they put the Boston marathon bomber on the cover, but that's another story.) One of the things I miss about the magazine is the in-depth articles on musicians and singers, which is what I thought this would be.
It turned out to be like an article, yes, and a very well researched one at that. It's my fault for thinking that, since this is an audiobook, samples of her music or even full songs would be included. They're not. Also, this isn't as much of an in-depth look of her life so much as it is a look at her musical life. Which isn't a bad thing, I just expected more.
Side note: *I just discovered that Mikal Gilmore is actually the brother of Gary Gilmore, the subject of the book THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG. How did I not know that?*
Anyway, this was free and as such I can't complain. Thanks, Audible!
Listened to 12.2018. (Removed dates read so this doesn't count towards books read in 2018.… (plus d'informations)
Why not try a free Audible original about Aretha Franklin? That was my thought and I'm glad I did try it, though it wasn't exactly what I expected.
I was a Rolling Stone subscriber for decades, (until they put the Boston marathon bomber on the cover, but that's another story.) One of the things I miss about the magazine is the in-depth articles on musicians and singers, which is what I thought this would be.
It turned out to be like an article, yes, and a very well researched one at that. It's my fault for thinking that, since this is an audiobook, samples of her music or even full songs would be included. They're not. Also, this isn't as much of an in-depth look of her life so much as it is a look at her musical life. Which isn't a bad thing, I just expected more.
Side note: *I just discovered that Mikal Gilmore is actually the brother of Gary Gilmore, the subject of the book THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG. How did I not know that?*
Anyway, this was free and as such I can't complain. Thanks, Audible!
Listened to 12.2018. (Removed dates read so this doesn't count towards books read in 2018.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Aussi par
- 9
- Membres
- 919
- Popularité
- #27,917
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 28
- ISBN
- 35
- Langues
- 7